Louis Lovett

Your guide to going out and staying in this week

They Called Her Vivaldi show comes to Peacock Theatre and RTÉ Contempo Quartet kicks off tour in Kilkenny

From Kafka to Walsh: This week’s theatre highlights

Imaginative new spins on old concerns take the stages this week

The Seagull review: Chekhov feels at home in Ireland

In Corn Exchange’s witty and absorbing new version, set in contemporary Ireland, the feathers fly again

Taoiseach to attend Easter Rising commemorations in Washington

Opening of the “Ireland 100” festival at John F Kennedy Center starts three-week festival of Irish arts and culture

DTF Review | The True Story of Hansel and Gretel: Don’t expect a fairytale ending

Theatre Lovett’s sinister new version of the fairy tale leads the original very far from home. Has it also lost its trail?

Baboró and beyond: Irish kids’ theatre comes of age

It’s not unusual to find our best theatrical talent working in children’s theatre, and given the calibre of the work there’s little wonder why

25-foot ‘Giant Grandmother’ runs amok on Limerick streets

French theatre company Royal de Luxe brought huge marionette to ‘City of Culture’

Feast of Bones

If they pay attention, this show will satisfy even the hungriest of audiences

Children’s theatre for all the ages

Theatre companies are achieving crossover successes by tapping into the nostalgia and escapism that attract adults and children to Pixar movies and Harry Potter

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